A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.110

v1.c25.110

The section on animals and their flesh (7.65–110) begins with an enumeration of the group of animals called mṛga102 (7.65–66). 103 This group contains more species than found in the list of the Hṛdaya. Added are: kālapucchaka,104 varapota,105 śvadaṃṣṭra,106 rāma,107 kohakāraka,108 karāla,109 kṛtamāla,110 and pṛṣata.111 A.s.Sū.7.67–69ab = A.h.Sū.6.44–46ab (the viṣkira group). The praṭuda group (7.69cd–73ab) is larger112 than in the Hṛdaya (Sū.6.46cd–47ab).113 Added are: śatapattra,114 koyaṣṭi,115 khañjarīṭaka,116 durṇāmāri,117 kṛśāgrahā,118 laḍūṣa,119 vaṭahan,120 gokṣvela,121 diṇḍimāṇava,122 jaṭī,123 duṇḍubhi,124 pākāra,125 lohapṛṣṭha,126 kulīṅgaka,127 śārṅgākhya,128 cirīṭi(ka),129 kaṅku,130 yaṣṭikā,131 mañjarīyaka,132 godhāputra,133 priyātmaja,134 kalaviṅka,135 parabhṛta,136 aṅgāracūḍaka,137 pārāvata,138 and pāṇavika.139 The bileśaya group (7.73cd–74) is larger than in the Hṛdaya (Sū.6.47cd).140 Added are: śveta-, śyāma-, citraprṣṭha- and kālakākulīmṛga,141 cillaṭa,142 kūcīkā,143 śalyaka,144 śāṇḍaka,145 vṛṣāhi,146 kadalī,147 and nakula.148 A.s.Sū.7.75–77ab = A.h.Sū.6.48–50ab (the prasaha group). A.s.Sū.7.77cd–78ab = A.h.Sū.6.50cd–51ab (the mahāmṛga group). The jalacārin group of birds (7.78cd–80) is larger than the corresponding apcara group of the Hṛdaya (Sū.6.51cd–52ab).149 Added are: mṛṇālakaṇṭha,150 raktaśīrṣaka,151 puṇḍarīkākṣa,152 śarāri,153 maṇituṇḍaka,154 kākatuṇḍa,155 ghanārāva,156 ambukukkuṭa,157 nadyāsya,158 and mallika.159 A.s.Sū.7.81–83 = A.h.Sū.6.52cd–55ab.